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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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<b>int pcre_get_stringnumber(const pcre *<i>code</i>,</b>
<b>const char *<i>name</i>);</b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This convenience function finds the number of a named substring capturing
parenthesis in a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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  <i>code</i>    Compiled regular expression
  <i>name</i>    Name whose number is required
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The yield of the function is the number of the parenthesis if the name is
found, or PCRE_ERROR_NOSUBSTRING otherwise.
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There is a complete description of the PCRE API in the
<a href="pcreapi.html"><b>pcreapi</b></a>
page.
